Recent releases to the Workiva platform included improvements to the following products and features.
You can learn more about each item in the sections below.
Carbon
New: Adopt audit-ready emission factors with Hybrid method V2
Chains
New: Chain blueprint download now available
Sustainability
New: Create metric tasks for multiple collection periods at once
New: Explore revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards
Tasks
Improvements: Search and filter improvements in Tasks
Carbon
Adopt audit-ready emission factors with Hybrid method V2
With Hybrid methodology V2, your emissions calculations for purchased goods and services use the most up-to-date methodology and include visibility into the source data. Spend-based emission factors are applied at the organization-level based on CDP’s publicly available emissions and revenue data.
It’s recommended to update to V2 for any years that you haven’t publicly reported yet. V1 will continue to be available for years prior to 2026. To update to V2, view Measure purchases.
To learn more, see this Workiva Support page: Measure Purchases.
Chains
Chain blueprint download now available
The Chain Blueprint Download feature allows Chain Security Admins or Workspace Admins who have access to a chain to download a record version of that chain as a JSON-format file. This allows them to track changes in Chains using standard change-management practices and tools to identify what changed from a previous version, validating approved scope, and retaining audit evidence.
To create the JSON file, the chain is dynamically reconstructed from source database records and includes: command groups, commands, Chain events, variables, dynamic variables, trigger information, notifications, and outputs. The JSON file does not include vault-backed secret values, vault key paths, or any other encrypted fields, nor does it contain placeholders for any of these values.
To learn more, see this Workiva Support page: Chain Blueprint Download.
Sustainability
Create metric tasks for multiple collection periods at once
To help ease data collection in Sustainability Program, you can now create tasks for multiple metric values and collection periods at once. From the metric, either:
- From Values, choose the values to create tasks for — regardless of their period — then select Create task from Edit values.
- From Tasks, select All periods in Collection period, then click Create task.
Depending on the values selected, this may create multiple tasks with the same assignment details:
- A separate task for each value with a connected source file
- A separate task for each collection period, which includes the period's values not collected through source files
After you create the tasks, you can edit their assignment details as necessary, such as to adjust due dates based on the respective collection period.
To learn more, see this Workiva Support page: Manage Metric Tasks In Sustainability Program.
Explore revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards
If your Sustainability Explorer includes the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), you can now explore the revised Standards as formally adopted by the European Commission (EC) in July 2026.
In the Frameworks panel:
- The revised ESRS appear as a Pending version.
- The ESRS Delegated Act from 2023 remains the Current version.
- The simplified ESRS — formerly a "Draft" version — now appear as Archived.
The revised ESRS officially apply for financial years that start on or after January 1, 2027.
For 2026, you can:
- Fully adopt the revised Standards early.
- Continue to apply the current ESRS — either as amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1416, or with targeted reliefs defined in Annex 1 of the revised ESRS.
To learn more, see this Workiva Support page: Adopt simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
Tasks
Search and filter improvements in Tasks
Search results in Tasks now use fuzzy matching, which means that you no longer need to type an exact phrase to find what you’re looking for. Instead, you’ll see results that closely match your search term, in addition to exact matches. Because you can now filter by task title entirely from the search bar, setting a filter on the “Task” column has been removed.
Note: To keep search results accurate, custom column sorting is disabled while a search is active.